That sounds like a cool approach. I, too, suffer from a graphic arts deficit and will need a web designer for anything other than rough mockups.
Kevin --- On Fri, 5/6/11, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chuck Hill <[email protected]> Subject: Re: What do you use for building the web interface? To: "Kevin Spake" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 3:42 PM For design and layout, I use a web designer. :-) I am profoundly not artistic. That gives me the HTML and CSS. Then I break that down into components in WebObjects using the Component Builder in WOLips. Those components are then re-assembled into pages. If you are making full pages in WO, you are doing it wrong. :-) Because of the component nature of the web UI, WYSIWYG editors are not really practical in development (e.g. it would be really hard to write one that would be useful). I have found Xyle Scope (http://culturedcode.com/xyle/) useful for debugging and tweaking CSS. A CSS framework like blueprint (http://www.blueprintcss.org/) can be very useful. Also have a look at Compass and Sass (http://compass-style.org/, http://sass-lang.com/). Chuck On May 6, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Kevin Spake wrote: What do you use to build the web interface for your WO apps? Eclipse? DreamWeaver? Is there any sort of agreed upon 'best practices' regarding building complex UIs? Kevin -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Come to WOWODC this July for unparalleled WO learning opportunities and real peer to peer problem solving! Network, socialize, and enjoy a great cosmopolitan city. See you there! http://www.wocommunity.org/wowodc11/
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